August 13, 2026 Portland Sea Dogs Game Notes
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August 13, 2026 Portland Sea Dogs Game Notes

Published on August 13, 2026 under Eastern League (EL)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release


ABOUT LAST NIGHT... The Rumble Ponies continued their offensive hot streak with a 13-5 win over the Sea Dogs on Wednesday night, their ninth straight win. Yoeilin Cespedes smashed his first Double-A home run over the Maine Monster. In the same inning, Nelly Taylor followed up with his sixth homer of the season to straightaway center field. Nate Baez and Ronald Rosario both had their second-straight multi-hit games, and RHP Steven Brooks dealt two scoreless innings in his Delta Dental Park debut.

ALL FOR EXTRA BASES The Sea Dogs have been one of the best extra-base hitting teams in Double-A. Portland has the third most home runs in the Eastern League (141), and the ninth most in Double-A. Their 190 doubles are good for fourth best in the Eastern League, and fifth most in Double-A. The Sea Dogs' 348 total extra base hits is fifth best out of 30 Double-A teams. Last night's two-home run affair was their 43rd game of the season with two or more home runs.

BRANNON BOMBS Brooks Brannon hit his team-leading 19th home run of the season on Tuesday. It was his second home run in August, following the seven he blasted in July. His .569 SLG% is best among active qualified players in the Eastern League. His .927 OPS is the second best mark.

LOOK OUT FOR LIENDO Ahbram Liendo is on a seven-game hit streak and a 17-game on-base streak. Liendo has reached base in 44 of his last 48 games dating back to May 29th, including a season-high 25 game on-base streak (5/29-7/2). Since then, Liendo is batting .299 (41-for-137) with a .862 OPS. He has 34 RBI, seven doubles, five home runs, 23 walks and 11 stolen bases.

BLEIS ON BASE Miguel Bleis is on fire to start the month of August, with a hit in six straight games and seven RBI since August 1. Bleis is batting .375 (9-for-24) with an OPS of 1.025. He hit two home runs last week against New Hampshire.

FACES IN NEW PLACES Both SS/2B Henry Godbout and RHP Morgan McSweeney have made their Sea Dogs debuts this week. Godbout, the No.4 prospect in the Red Sox farm system according to MLB.com, batted .277 with seven doubles and seven home runs through 34 games with High-A Greenville prior to sustaining a hand injury. McSweeney signed as a free agent with the Red Sox on August 12 and was assigned to Portland. He last pitched in the Chinese Professional Baseball League for the Rakuten Moneys and was released on June 21.

ABOUT THE RUMBLE PONIES The Rumble Ponies are the hottest team in Double-A baseball right now, riding a nine game win streak. As of a few weeks ago, Binghamton was in last place in the Northeast Division of the Eastern League, 10.0 games back of first place. Now, the Rumble Ponies are in fourth place in the division, just 5.0 games back of first place. Their offense has seen major improvements from trade deadline acquisitions (Jefferson Rojas, Billy Amick, Emilien Pitre) and call ups from High-A Brooklyn (Mitch Voit, John Bay, Corey Collins).

THIS DAY IN SEA DOGS HISTORY August 13, 2001 - Josh Beckett, Brandon Bowe and Aaron Scheffer combined on a no-hitter of the Binghamton Mets. Beckett fanned 12 in the first seven innings before yielding to the bullpen. It marked the second no-hitter in franchise history.

ON THE MOUND LHP Hayden Mullins (3-3, 5.26 ERA) is set for his sixteenth start and eighteenth appearance of the season for Portland. In his last outing on August 6 against New Hampshire, Mullins allowed one run on five hits with two walks and eight strikeouts in 4.2 innings pitched.Mullins started and pitched five innings in the Sea Dogs' combined no-hitter on April 26th vs Hartford, their ninth in franchise history. He was the 2025 Portland Sea Dogs Pitcher of the Year after leading the team in ERA and wins (min. 50.0 IP). Mullins pitched at Auburn University, and was selected by the Red Sox in the 12th round of the 2022 first-year player draft.

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